Sam Watts (he/they)

The Traitors Prom will be shown on BBC1 at 2 pm on New Year's Day! Very exciting.

Trifles is helping me write the music for a new TV show. I can't wait to tell you all about it. @danjwatts.bsky.social is co-writing, but I think we may have to split it three ways now.

Oh my god, that quinsmirk!

They are so cute!

The BBC is unique. A treasure. Something to protect and maintain. Greg is right, it makes mistakes sometimes, but it also makes things no other broadcaster/production company would.

I am also hugely proud of all the work I've done with the BBC.

Thanks Patrick! There's quite a mix of composers on the show now. It was very lovely of Nick to mention it.

Lovely time chatting with @prsformusic.bsky.social all things Traitors and my career. Have a read.

So pleased I get to work with Russell T Davies and the team again. It's going to be a good one!

Tip Toe, starring Alan Cumming and David Morrissey, coming 2026 to Channel 4.

Time to update the scoreboards so everyone knows what's up before JK Rowling drops another few hundred grand on being a bigot loser

Money wasted on being a dick to trans people: literally millions upon millions.

Women saved from harm or even vaguely supported by being a dick to trans people: 0

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat. People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via Al video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people."

This. Is. Why. I. Paint.

Taking a little social media break. Back soon.

What a day yesterday was. Our conductor, Karen, and every single performer blew me away. To have my music at the Proms!! And played at the Royal Albert Hall!!! A dream come true.

There are too many people to thank for making this happen. But I am eternally grateful to each and every one of them.

Thanks Penny! Hope you're well.

London, I am in you. It has been a very long time...

Heading to the UK for a little concert or two...

#BBCProms2025 #TheTraitors

The BBC Scottish Symphony orchestra sounding amazing in rehearsals, under the brilliant direction is Karen Ní Bhroin. I'm so excited for the concerts on Saturday.

#TheTraitors #BBCProms

They have now changed this clause due to backlash, but I'll not be using them anymore. Showing intent to force people to allow them to train AI using copyrighted content shows the kind of company they are.

STOP PRESS: WeTransfer have quietly watered down that clause.

Left: how it read this morning
Right: how it now reads

The fact that they tweaked the wording this morning without publicly announcing they'd made a mistake speaks volumes. Theft for AI was clearly their intention & they got caught out.

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▪️ You don’t have to understand what it means for someone to be nonbinary to respect them.
▪️ Use the name a person asks you to use.
▪️ Try not to make any assumptions about people’s gender.
▪️ If you’re not sure what pronouns someone uses, ask.

Some bigot has taken our trans rights lawn sign. It's been up for 18 months. What have they achieved by taking one sign?

Well... A load more trans inclusive things are going to be on our house in places they can't take them down.

How composer Sam Watts took The Traitors to the Proms – and got his break on The Sarah Jane Adventures As The Traitors brings its masked mischief to the Proms, composer Sam Watts says it’s essential to keep mixing popular and classical.

What a bizarre time I'm having. The Radio Times (which was always on our coffee table growing up) asked me for an interview about the upcoming Traitors Prom. What a joy!

www.radiotimes.com/tv/entertain...

A fantastic and shocking thread. Worth a read, but tldr: trans folks aren't the problem...

This makes it very clear that the calls to ban trans women aren't about 'fairness' or 'advantages'.

You call to ban trans women from a community event without any competition or even any gender restrictions to begin with because you want to ban trans women from existing in public. That's it.

Amazing hail storm this afternoon. We got trapped in the gazebo and it damaged some roof tiles. The joys of living in Canada.

The Traitors India looks stunning (and explosive)!

There's a mix of stuff. From what I remember, all the synth stuff is Omnisphere.

Happy Pride Month to everyone else who is also chronically ill and high risk and unable to participate in Pride Month festivities because folks won't mask. I see you. Your love is still valid. And to everyone else who can safely attend events this month, please mask up.

Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Be gay do crow stuff

#pridemonth #pridecrows

Hey y'all. It's Pride again.

Instead of spending money on corporate "Pride" gear, why don't you give money to small businesses that are LGBTQIA+ owned.

Be in your community instead of sending money outside of it.

There's SO MANY fantastic Queer-owned places you can shop and support.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage According to a study by Ipsos, Canada remains the top country expected to have a positive influence on world affairs.

Canada named most positive leader on world stage #Canada #cdnpoli

cultmtl.com/2025/03/cana...